The Angolan influencer, known as Neth Nahara on TikTok, will have to serve an effective sentence of 2 years and pay the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, compensation of €1,000 “for non-pecuniary damage caused".
Speaking to Lusa, the lawyer for Ana da Silva Miguel, better known as Neth Nahara, the name she adopted as an influencer, said that the sentence is unappealable, as it is not possible to appeal to the Supreme Court if the sentence is less than three years, highlighting that this is the first conviction based on a fact that occurred on TikTok, a short video sharing network.
"The legislation is quite ambiguous and talks about the internet”He stated.
Initially, Neth Nahara had been sentenced, on August 14, for committing the crime of outrage, to six months in prison and a court fee of Kz 100,000.
But the Luanda Court of Appeal, which rejected the defense's appeal, increased the sentence following the appeal filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office, having decided that the influencer will have to serve two years in prison and pay compensation to the offended party, the President, João Lourenço, of Kz 1,000,000 (around €1,000) “for the non-material damage caused.
The ruling, dated September 27, 2023, reads that Neth Nahara used his TikTok account to express himself about the governance of the President of the Republic, accusing him of relations “with white people”, of “anarchy and disorganization” who “are annoying everyone”.
